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Oscar Week Special: Seven Teaching Resources on Film Literacy
See on Scoop.it – 21 century education The Academy Awards are just around the corner, and there are a number of nominated films that can be great teaching tools for educators this year. It looks like...
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Numb Generations by Kara Powell
See on Scoop.it – 21 century Learning Commons Pippa Davies @PippaDavies ‘s insight: Balance is so important in our lives! This technology talk is very relevant in our digitally busy lives. How much is...
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Youth Privacy Social Smarts
See on Scoop.it – 21 century education Teaching resources on online privacy for teens, from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Pippa Davies @PippaDavies ‘s insight: Graphic novels to share with your...
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Grade 4-7 Resources You May Want to Explore
If you are looking for some great resources for your Grades 4-7 children, we would like to highlight a few of them for you. We have a wide range of bible resources on Overdrive (look under the...
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Getting Geeky with #diglit! Grades K-2
The last few weeks have seen our learning commons folks #gearingup and #gettinggeeky after our #gafesummit conference! We are all looking for ways to improve our students digital literacy, and now that...
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Drum Roll, Please! Our Next “Techie Tuesday Webinar” is October 3rd at 3:00 pm!
“Unit Study Kits: What They Are and How to Use Them” with Pippa and Cynthia Webinars are a quick and easy way to receive a lot of valuable information in a short amount of time – in a live, virtual...
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New Overdrive eBooks for ADST and the Core Competencies
New Applied Design Skill and Technologies (ADST) eBooks! ADST came into effect with BC’s New Curriculum in 2016 and in grades K – 5 is meant to be addressed “in combination with grade-level...
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Making Sense of ADST – It CAN be fun … REALLY!
Did you know that Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) is all about tapping into students’ natural curiosity, and desire to design and create? It may be easy to think of ADST as just...
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Don’t Miss This Techie Tuesday Webinar: Blogging, Digital Writing, and...
Blogging, Digital Writing, and Personal Learning Networks with Cynthia, Pippa, and Beth When: Feb 20, 2017, 3:00 p.m What: Join HCOS Curriculum Consultant Cynthia Duncalfe, as she gives an overview...
View ArticleFake News – What???
Did you know that in the last US election, “fake news” outperformed mainstream news? I was shocked to learn that by going to the right sites and “messing” with the true news, I can 1. fill a...
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Learning to be a Good ‘Digital Citizen’– Internet Safety
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash ‘Digital Citizen’, ‘Internet Safety’… These are big terms and to the average student, they don’t always mean much. As online students, we need to be cognizant of our...
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Curriculum Resources in the physical Learning Commons
Great curriculum resources for many subject areas! Reading Detective Series The standards-based critical thinking activities of Reading Detective® develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary...
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Learning Commons Web Store now Open!
The Used Curriculum Web Store has new items added daily! Here you will find used books and curriculum from many of your favorite publishers: A Beka, Saxon, Sonlight, RightStart Math, Tree of Life,...
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Media Literacy Week – Oct 7-11, 2019
@media only screen and (max-width:800px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:2%!important;margin-bottom:2%!important;}}Ask: Is It True? Critical thinking isn’t about doubting everything: it’s...
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Supplemental Packs – What are they?
Great resources for all grades! Check out these supplemental packs that can add fun and interest to your studies! .fusion-gallery-1 .fusion-gallery-image {border:0px solid #f6f6f6;} Art Appreciation...
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Contest Giveaway Ends Thursday!
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Save Money – Shop the Webstore!
Over the holidays when you have a few minutes to relax, check out the great resources in all of these categories: English/Language Arts Art, drawing, painting, art appreciation Bible, Character...
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Finding Resources by Grade Level
Using Topic Lists to find resources by grade level- a quick tutorial! Ever wish you could just pop into the Learning Commons to see all of the resources on the shelves, but you can’t because you don’t...
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Booking Multiple Items and more Tips!
You can now book multiple items for the same loan period! Plus a quick review of the Search Portal main page. The main page of the Search Portal has a lot of information: My Account – Hover over My...
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Sweetheart of a Sale!
Save 14% off your purchases from February 7th to February 21st! Enjoy some sweet savings for two weeks by using this coupon code: Love14 For orders $20 and over! Please note: If you are using a PO for...
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